Jlnk 5, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



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wlicii lu' issued a proclamation, printed 

 conspicuously in the Batiniore news- 

 jiaj)ers May -0, as follows: 



SAY IT WITH ri-OWKRS." UllOKS MAYOlt 



l!l{(»KNIN<i, CAMyl.Nc; ri'ON TlIK TKO- 



I'J.K OK I IIH ( ri'V TO DKCOKATK 



MHKKAI.LV KOIl KinUUN- 



l.\(; IlKUOKS. 



Mayor's Ollhc. Haltimorc, Md., May L'S. 

 Id tlir I'l'dplc of Italtiinorr: 



■Jo tl]<' <'iiil tliiit tlu" lioinccomiii); troops may 

 hiivi' cviTy physii^il cvidciRi' of the Jr>y in the 

 iicarts of liiiltiiiim'oaiis oyer tlicir sufc ii'liirii, 

 ! call oTi cvcrylMxIy txloiin the route of tilt' paraili- 

 on Sutiinlay, May .'51, as yvcU as tliroiiBlioiit the 

 , ity Kt'inrally, to lU't'orati! liberally. 



"Say It yyilh Flowers" is particularly appli 

 . al)le to the present home-coming, and it would 

 :ie u splendid idea if potted i)lants and llower-; 

 •ire placed in front of dwellings, as expressing 

 ne love we hear onr heroes, who translat<'(l 

 iitriofisni into service, and as honoring the 

 ■oeniory of those hrave hoys who y;i\vf the lasl 

 till measure of devotion, 

 Kvery liome in Italtiniore sliould fly n flat' .ind 

 "•iter into the spirit of this t'reat occasion. 

 William F. Hroenint'. 

 Mayor of IJaltimori'. 



The committee of the Baltimore Flo- 

 rists' and Gardeners' Club is about t<> 

 lif<;iii an advertisinjT eampaijrn nnd is 

 ippreciative of this good start. 



SOME BUSY TRUCKS. 



The White Co., of Cleveland, mamifac- 

 Mirer of autonu)biles, recently has pnli 

 lished in metroi)olitan ne\vspai)ers a list 

 if White trucks which have piled up 

 'iiileajje e.\i-eediii<; 11)0,000 each. In it 

 iliore are the names of several florists. 

 I'he delivery trucks of Malandre Bros., 

 Vew York, and M. Weiland, Evanston. 

 111., are recorded as having run over 

 1(10,000 miles. That of A. Graham ^ 

 >;on. Cleveland, is in the proup of those 

 which have made over 150,000 miles, 

 while the cars of Kirchner's, Cleveland, 

 .incl Baum's House of Flowers, Kno.x 

 ville. Tenn., have made from 200,000 to 

 '_'r)0,000 miles on flori.sts' business er- 

 rands. As thoy are still goinj;, they seem 

 to justify the statement that the ulti- 

 mate mileuf^e of White trucks has never 

 liceii measured. 



Incidentally it may be of interest that 

 It was a letter and photo^^rtiph sent The 

 Uevicw by Mr. Baum whi<di lirst attract- 

 ed the attention of the Wliite Co. to 

 this trade as one of its <jooii lields and 

 that ]iictures of all the florists' cars 

 mentioned in these large general news- 

 paj)er advertisements have .-ippearcd in 

 the com|);iny's ptiges in Tlie He\ jew 

 dnrin<: the last five or six vcars.. 



THAT HARDY BEGONIA. 



The "hardy begonia" refeiied to by 

 II. \V. l'et<Tsnn. in The b'ex lew t'^r Mav 

 -1', was quite common ye;i's ,iLi<i, al- 

 though S(ddoin, 1 think, (dfered by the 

 trade. I think its name is Begonia 

 llNaiisiana and it w.as hardy in the 70's 

 n (ieriii.-iiitou n, wliei'i> 1 remrmber it 

 'II 'i'liiiieloKdvcii street, iie;ir where our 

 le.ir old friend, Thomas .\leehan. used 

 '" li\e; ,Iohn Blirtoli. .bdili S;i\age iiiid 

 •Mwili I.ollsdale, too. 



I have had it here in the -west, but 

 ie\cr tried leaxing it out in winter, but 



eft it in the pot in tlu liar, where it 



'■iii;iiiied dorin.'int, after I'.'illin;: to 

 ■ie.-cs. It is ;i really desir;ible plant 

 'or the liome collection and I w.iuld like 

 o get it again. It useij to be ealh'd lo 

 ■.illy Beefsteak begoni:t, but 1 guess se\ - 

 ■ral kimls have been called by that 



.-lllle. (il'O. S. Woo.liutf. 



1 notice an incpiiry in The He\ iew 

 •f .May 2!t entitled " .\ H.-irdy lieiioiiia" 

 iiid would like to s.ay that, according to 

 he descrijition, the }il:int is P>egonia 

 liscolor, or B. Kvansian.'i, a uati\e of 



Window of A. Meyer's Store, New York City. 



China and .Japan, a very (dd spec.s. 

 Aronnil Cincinnati it is seen (|uite fre 

 <|uently in small gardens. It thrives 

 liest on tile east or north sid" of a 

 house. It is (|uite hardy and, oiu-e 

 jdaiited ill the iionler, is .ilways with 

 von. i'or descrijition sec I'.ailey s 

 ('yclo|iedia of liorl icnlt me, vdlwnie 1, 

 ]iage -174, .1. .\. reter>nn. 



BRIEF ANSWERS. 



K. F. Co., .Minn. Sei' |.:iev L'o issue 

 for May l."i. 



r. M. C, ill. It depends on the .'ir 



tistic taste ,'llld .|ec(irati\ e .-lldlitie-- of 

 the tiorist. 



H. .1. I'.., la. The s:in.| will do no 



Ir.ini. I|e;i\y soils c;i|i be lii;lllened bv 



using liois' inaiiiire in coni|iost ini;. 



F. I!. H., .Md. him 't t ie nji the peony 

 plants if yoii want liest results. The 

 trouble with ]i;insies is not due to the 

 seeds, unless you are s;i\ing them your- 

 self. I'se fresh soil. 



GROWING ROOTED CUTTINGS. 



I w isli to '^t'{ such infornijit ion as 

 will be needed to enable me to go into 

 the rooted cutting Inisiness and carry 

 it on successfully. I 'lease state how 

 many stock jdants will be reipiired in 

 order to be able to take olV -,000 cut- 

 tings of each \;iriety jier week, from 

 Xoveniber 1 to February i^"^, if the vu 

 rieties arc as follows: Ageratums, 

 double .alyssums, begonias, daisies, co- 

 leiises, ludiot rojies. fuchsias, lantanas 

 .and iielargoniums. 



I have not been able to get stocky 

 lilants from cuttings of jiegonia Inmi 

 no.sa and Frfonlii. such as 1 oet I'lom 



cuttings of B. <'hatelaine. The luininosa 

 ;ind Frfoidii coine blind or spindling 

 tifter I top tlietu. How can 1 induce :i 

 bushy growth .' I'erhaps these two va- 

 rieties are more iuishy when grown from 

 seed. When should the seed be sown to 

 ha\e plants ready for L' iiudi pots Vty 

 December 1? Will plants jirodiice more 

 cuttings if shifted on into |iots or if 

 planted lO.xlO inches ajiait in a bench? 

 I shall bo thankful for ;in\ iiit'orination 

 concerning this line of business, as there 

 is no one in this \jciiiity who grows 

 rooted euttiii^s. I','. .1. r. I'.l. 



The inipiir.'i- ~t;ites that he wishes to 

 t;ike ij,iimi cuttiiiL;s each wetdx, trmn 

 Noxeinber 1 to Feluu.ary L's, a period ot' 

 about se\eiitein Weeks, hi other Words, 

 he ]iroposes to take ;!4,oiiii cuttings ot' 

 nine ditl'i'ieiit \;uieties of plants, or 

 o\-er L'.'!n,iloii cuttings for the four mid 

 winter nioiiths. That would constitute 

 a l;oo.| sized rooted cutting business in 

 itself, reipiiring ;i good-sized pl.'ice and 

 a specialist to operate it. The number 

 of plants required would dei)en(l gre.atly 

 on the grower and his system of culture. 

 One who is iisod to the business of pro- 

 ducing rooted cuttings in Uirge ipianti 

 ties knows quite widl the importtince 

 of giving his stock plants the best of 

 culture ill e\er\ res]iect, si) as to enable 

 them to luodiice cuttings to their limit. 



In making jin estimat(> in answer to 

 the qui'stion, 1 would divide the plants 

 mentioned into two classes, placing in 

 one class the ageratums, double tilyssuins, 

 begonias and coleuses and figuring that 

 in these each stock jdant would produce 

 an aver.age of twenty-live rooted cut- 

 tings for the four months mentioneil. 

 In the other cl.iss, whiidi would include 



